Born in 1888 in West Virginia, Albert B. Cunningham was a veteran of
World War I and a Methodist circuit rider. He received his Ph.D. from New York
University in 1929 and came to Texas Tech University where he taught English
for 20 years. Cunningham completed 42 novels and numerous short stories prior
to his death in 1962. Many of these were mysteries written under the pseudonyms
Garth Hale or Estil Dale.